Perpetual Motion. Part 2 of 5. Nthposition, Sept 2010
Part 1 here. Original story here Scene 4: Nineteen years and seven months ago. Along with John Cooper, a student from Manchester itself, older than everyone else in the group,…
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Two more quotes from “Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible” by E Randolph Richards and Brandon J O’Brien
When the ‘me Generation” became Christians, we baptised this egocentrism. We now felt guilty for spending all our money on ourselves. So we gave it to the church. Mainly to…
On submitting biodiversity data
Recently – on International Day for Biological Diversity to be exact – I blogged about the various events going on and my own participation in submitting data records to the National Biodiversity Data…
M is for mayflies
Earlier this evening saw a couple of spinning yellow insects flying by the Suir in Kilsheelan – in trying to discover what precisely they were I am discovering that a…
Guest Blog: Orchids – Alice Hunter
James Common Orchids hold a fascination for many people around the world. For me that began when a Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) popped up in an unmown area of…
Kilronan medieval church & holy well at Glebe, Co Waterford.
Originally posted on Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland:
A few days ago, I visited one of County Waterford’s hidden treasures, the medieval parish church of Kilronan. I am in the process…
Robert Louis Stevenson And The Limits of Judging Literature From The Inquisitorial Chair
Came across this piece via Twitter – not familiar with the specific RLS story discussed. No doubt in fifty years or a hundred years many of our own assumptions and…
“That Damn Family” Part 2 (of 4) Nthposition, March/April 2008
Part 1 here Things are a little different from what they say. We all knew the truth about Oedipus, really. Why else do you think we all did our best…
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